India, July 9 -- The Bombay high court last week directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to urgently reconsider its December 2022 decision to put on hold its March 2019 policy regarding granting temporary permissions for film sets in the city. The BMC had suspended its 2019 policy after noticing some inconsistencies in the circular issued for its implementation.

A division bench of justices GS Kulkarni and Arif Doctor said that the municipal commissioner urgently needs to look into issues regarding existing structures built for film shootings, as the BMC's policy was not being followed and the temporary permissions had not been renewed. "We find that the issues are causing immense prejudice to all the stakeholders, includin...